St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 January 1894 — Page 7

HOME AND THE EARM. A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Bow to Destroy Insects—Sweet from Cornstalks—Setting fence Posts—Arsenic in Wall Paper—Marketing Small Loads— Adulteration of Seeds. Destructions of Insects. the spring, when the sun warms tne earth, the insects appear regularly. There are hundreds of species, and their ways differ. Some can endure the lowest temperature, while others hide beyond the reach of t old. It is in the winter when they are inactive and helpless, and as the habits of many are well known they can be destroyed with but little effort. A farmer alone can do something in the way of attempting to lessen the number of insects, but no doubt the discussion of this matte; before the farmers’ institutes would lead to united action and more satis- : factory results. It is a fact that the greatest pro- j tection to insects is a very cold winter. Cold does not destroy many kinds at all, while others godown in the earth

below the reach of the frost. It is the warm winter, during which the ! earth alternately, thaws and freezes, which increases their liability to destruction. When the ground is warm ■ It becomes damp after a rain, and; should the ground suddenly freeze the result is fatal. To withstand cold, th n the insect must be pro-' tected against dampness. Instinct prompts it to guard against sudden changes of temperature. Eggs that are glued to the limbs of trees are protected to insure hatching in the spring, and thousands ot hiding places are utilized to ' protect those that seek seclusion under shelter. While the farmer can accomplish I much by examining and cleaning his trees and vines as far as he is able to do so, as well as burniEg all refuse and stubbie, he can do the insects heavier damage by plowing his fields as soQn as the ground will permit. If not prevented by th ■ frost the ground should be turned up. and many insects will thus be broi ght to the surface in a condition of helplessness, the first rain, followed by free ing of the ground, putting an end to them, cocoons being softened by the moisture and' broken by the frost. Fields that are overrun with cutworms can be r.dden of them in this manner if the plowing is deep, and, while the work may not destroy all of them on heavy sod ground, yet it will greatly reduce them in numbers. As stated above, however, the best results obtained in insect extermination is when the community is determined to destroy them: but th ■ individual farmer can accomplish much by seeking to protect his own farm, and using the plow for that purpose whenever an opportunity is afforded for so doing.—Philadelphia Record. Arsenic in Wall Paper. , It is geneyjlly known that arsenic coloring of many kinds of cheap wall papers, and some of the better grades also, writes W. P. Pond in the Ladies' Home Journal. These are generally, but not always, of hues in which ^reen predominates, and are very iniurious to health. The first symptoms of arsenical poisoning are headache pains in the eyes at the back of the pupil, itching, and generally nausea of the stomach, all of which are liable to be the result of living in a room with wall paper on the walls which is impregnated with arsenic. A simple but effectual test will immediately lo ate the presence of the mineral, and every housewife should have the necessary knowledge. Take a small piece of the suspected paper and lay it in a wat h glass, or in a porcela n spoon, pour over it enough solution of the household ammonia to cover it, let it stand a few minutes, and then drop in a piece of nitrate of silver (lunar or stick caustic,') and if a yellow precipitate forms as it dissolves there is arsenic present, and the paper should be rejected. If the n trate of silver dissolves without yellow appearing there is no arsenic, and no trouble need be apprehended. Clover Hay Good Enough. We doubt whether there is much if any advantage in ensilaging the clover plant. Anyone who has tried cutting gr en clover in a cutting box’ into tine pieces will understand that It re juires an immense power. It seems easier when the power is furnished by horses or by steam, but the strength to run the cutter wears on it very fast. Cutting cornstocks is easy work in comparison. Then after cutting the clover does not work in the silo as the . orn does. It is too nitrogenous, and will turn black with excessive heating, however carefully it is covered up. The smell of rotting clover is peculiarly offensive. Even if comparatively sweet, clover . ensilage loses more valuable nutriment than do s corn under like cirI custances. It is a mistake, therefore, to teed clovir as ensilage. The clover is neede 1 to balance the corn ration, but it is all the better, especially in whiter, to be fed dry. Good, well cured clover hay will be eaten readilv in cold weather by stock after they have eaten all they । will of corn ensilage. Part of the ration ought to be dry. In our view the clover should be that part — Sweet from Cornstalks. The idea of making syrup or molasses from cornstalk juice is not at all modern. It was mentioned in a letter from Abigail Adams to her husband, John Adams, dated Sept, m 24, 1847, in which she says that there ™ was not a town within 40 miles of where she wrote that the process of a, grinding cornstalks and boiling the piece was not in successful operation. By refining the syrup it made a very Job

gwd molt rses. This was a time when American commerce was cut o’T by the British, and New England farmers w«ire dependent upon their o*n resources for sweets. It is possible that a considerable part ot the moil.sses in those days was for distilling into rum. Mrs. Adams \lritei that a very good syrup was made for this purpose by boiling the juice from ground cornstalks. The stalki I were stripped and given to the cattle, | the old-fashioned idea being evidently i that they made a better feed that the coarser stalks. Marketing Small Loads. The waste of time in marketing small loads of p oduce is enormous with many farme s. They often act as if their time had no app eciabk value, hitching up a single horse and light wagon to draw to market what sometimes little more than pays their expenses while away from home. It is often common for farmers who have business in the city or village to put up some kind of a produce to sell for the purpose of paying expenses This may be a necessity occasionally, but the tenden y is to make the pract'ce of go ing to market with a light load a habit. It is one that few farmer:)

can afford to ac juire. The time spent on the road is lost so far as farm improvement goes. There is no farmer who cannot if he will find profitable employment on his farm at nearly all seasons of the year. Adulterations In Seeds. To detect adulterations in seeds we must use the sieve, water and microscope, says Professor Blount of j Colorado. Hot water dissolves powder and dirt and washes oil the coloring matter. The sieve makes : the separation of the true seed from 1 I the impurities, and the microscope 1 discovers the shape, natural indenta- i tions, protuberances and discolora- 1 tions. To determine the vitality of • the seed put 10 or 100 inside of three । or lour sheets of blotting pai>er, 1 which wet and keep where it will be ! warm all the time, and in the dark. I In ten hours radish will germinate, 1 cabbage in eighteen, wheat in twenty-six and corn in thirty-two hours. These rules are simple and will cost nothing. They may save you much. Keeping .Manure from Freezlnif. Manure in winter should be piled in heaps large cumuli to ferment. Il will then always b- warm in the middle, and if the manure be from grain-fed horses it will ne sure to heat and fire-fang in the middle i while frozen at the outside edges. । The act of turning of the heap, putting the frozen part in the center, will stop this loss, but after two oi , three times turning tjie manure will j be compact so that it will heat much j more rapidly than at first. It mud, . then be trodden down so as to pro vent active fermentation, or bet teg still be drawn and spread on land Intended for hoed crops next season. 1 aim Not Tin: queen bee has be n known to ; live fifteen years, and to produce fer- i tile eggs during the whole of that pe- 1 riod of time. Ir is not the old tool or machine i that deserves to be thrown away, but the worn out one; and it may not he in the last state, even if old; it ail depends on the care it has received. Fences are a necessary evil, to be dispensed with if possible, and to be made as inconspicuous as possible if you must have them. No dooryard was ever inclosed with a paling fence without marring its beauty. The well-known purslane, one of the most persistent weeds that infests farms, is said to produce more seeds than any other plant, one pod containing 3,000 seeds, while each plant will produce twenty or more pods. Farmers do not pay as much attention to their crops as they do to growing them. They are often at a loss to know to whom to ship their goods for sale. The farmer has the same opportunity to understand what to do with his produce as the merchant who buys and sells In addition to themse of the Bor i deaux mixture in the vineyard and I potato fields it has been generally used in the fruit garden and propagating pit, as a fungicide It has proved especially valuable in cheek- । ing the ravages of the red rust of the blac berry and the leaf blight o' the cherry. Hogs may be led on clover hay, and it is one of the best and most nutritious foods that can be provided them during the winter, making more pork and ot better quality than when corn alone is fed. Cut ' the clover into short lengths, scald it, sprinkle with bran and give it as a warm mess. Wouldn't Heduce Them Further. One day a Scotch parson was talking to a member of his Hock. During the conversation he asked Sandy how he liked his preaching. “() verra weel,” said he, “only ye always exaggerate too much.” “Well, the next time you hear me exaggerate,” replied the minister, “you whistle.” “All right,” said Sandy. The next Sunday in the sermor. foxes’ tails were mentioned. “AV3 all know.” said the parson, “that foxes have very long tails. Some people say they are forty feet long.” Sandy whistled. , “Others say twenty feet.” i Sandy whistled again. “I myself think about ten feet” Sandy whistled again. * ‘ Then the parson,raising himself on f tip toe and looking Sandy full in the f i face, called out: ) “Sandy McDonald, I’ll no tak an- . i ither inch off the bastes’ tails gin ye y whustle till the end of the world.”

BATTLE BETWEEN B!RDs| Blackbird Kills and iTevours u TormeAlng Sparrow. A remarkable occurrence, the kill. Ing and devouring of a sparrow l|y a blackbird, was witnessed recentlyjby a large crowd of business men street pedestr ans. The blackllfd j was first noticed standing on a limb ■of a tree near its nest. A few ffeet I below, on another limb, was perched : the sparrow, which every moment or so would fiv toward the blackbird’s nest, as if to invade it. The blackbird, with a Hutterind of wings and a few shrill i tes, wojlld rush to the defense of Its nest, wijen the sparrow would retreat 'Jhe sparrow, however, was not to l< scared away, and, with the impudence characteristic of its kind, it was no sooner settled down safely on the limb than it was again threatening an atta k on the blackbird’s nest This continued for probably 10 minutes, when the blackbird, greatly excited, and unable to longer control its anger. Hew down toward the sparrow as the latter ascended, catching the back of its neck in its bill and bearing it to the pavement KeaNiing the pavement, the black leased its hold and dealt the sp®row a blow on the side of the he®, turning it over on its back. It-Hld-i placed its foot on the sparrows breast and began t aring it to pieces, devouring the flesh with great avidity and evident relish. Gnce the bird was driven away from its work by the approach of a d'»g. Flying back to its original position In the tree, it remained until the dog had disappeared, when it again flew to the groun 1 and began afresh j tearingjhe then almost lifeless sparrow to pieces. It did not leave this time until it had reduced the spar- । low to a plc of leathers and broken i bones. This is a remarkable case, ; and has excited considerable com- | j inent.—l’hdaddphi i Pie-s. An 111 iin tmt oi-'h lie iiiircinenUG An illustrator must have ingenuity and invention, with a good knowl--1 tdge of composition, once Mr. \ edder was asked to turn out an lllustra- : (Jon in a short tlm * -a week or a fortnight The artist was astounded. ' ( Bnd sa d. “What do you fellows take; I t-ur brains for -machines?” • Yes," replied the art editor, “that’s just about it; an illustrator’s i jrain must be iike a^machlne, waiting only to be wound up with a corn mbsion to set it and (he hand going.” I Hore is the differ ncc between a* (painter and an illutrator. The • I former can spend mont: s over a composition wlmre the latter has only f days therefore his brain must be 1 particularly fertile, an i he must have I I complete mastery over his pencil and i i be able to draw A famous artist was not I ing ago ; vi-ited by a young lady who said she [ . wa ted to learn to draw, and asked j ( how to liegin. “You want to learn J ‘ to draw, do you:" -aid the aTTWtT» i “Ail right; lire ahead a .d draw.”—l I The Art Amateur. I — The Show XII men The task of singing before Royalty i is one that upsets the composure ot ’ the most self-possessed performers. ' The \ueen i- a kindiv and attentive j auditor, but she often interrupts the I i entertainment by reque-ting Informa- ‘ tmn concerning meth-Is that seem’ bizarre and inaitistic to her fashioned notion- Dur ng at« r- i formance at Wlnd-or of one of S«r, Ai thur Sullivan’s op rh, -he sum-i moned Mr. D‘< »vly < atte t hr: side, i and ask him sharply: hy docs th:- toung j ers n -hake at the end?" referring to the reiteration of two notes, .in ।ml el i-hment freiuently us d by certa n -Ingers. “< y jour leave, your Ma esty, w s the replv, -she is not -h iking at the I end alone, but all over." London , Tit Bits. _ Burns's Be-t I’o.-m It i- said that a boy was once asked, . in the poet’s presence, which of Burns's works he liked the best ' After taking thought with him-elf ■ for a 1 ttle he declared that he [iked , the “Cotter’s Saturday N.glit’ by far the best, “although, ’’ he added, “it 1 made me greet cry when my fathei । bade me read it to my mither.” This statement seemed to impress ; Burns, for presently he said to the lad. “Weel, my callant (Hoy), it made me greet, too, mere than once i when 1 was writing it by my father’s i tires de.” An Appeal to Vanity. No man enjoys being detected in an absurd position. A temperance ' society In England is employing photography to convert the intemperate. The object Is to waylay the unhappy : man on his way from the club in the 1 < arly morning, and with a sm di hand camera make a few studies of i him embracing a friendly lamp post or leclining peacefully in the gutter. These are shown to the unfortunate | victim in his more sober moments, | with the intention of thus inducing him to see the error of his ways. Sight. According to an optician, the sight of men is stronger than that of women. He says that men can seldom see without spectacles after they are forty-live, or women after forty; and that women very o ten require them at thirty. He also savs that spectacles ' with corn ex lenses to counteract longsightedness, or old sight, are usually required by men at about forty-seven and by women at a! out forty-live. On the other hand, colorblindness is much rarer among women than among men. j } It is stated that the bearded woman who excited so much attention . at the Chicago Fair, has since died, » leaving a disconsolate wife and six small children.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. < A Scholarly Exposition of the LessonThoughts Worthy of Calm KeUeciion— I Half an Hour’s Study of the Scriptures— Time Well Spent. 1 Cain and Abel. The les-on for Sunday, Jan. 21, may be found in Gen. 4: 3-13. INTRODUCTORY. The Jews name ! the book of Genesis from the introductory word Breshith, “in the beginning.” In this book of beginnings we come with this fourth chapter to two first things; the beginning of the family and the beginning of death. The account is brief, eliptical, but deeply pathetic and impressive. It is one of the incidents of the i Gene-is narrative referred to by our I Savior, when he speaks of “the 'blood ' of righte ms Abel." (Matt. 23: 25). Driver 'n his Introduction alludes to three di -uments in Genesis: the early Jehovist and Elohist documents and the so-called later “priest’s code.” Well, if you will allow us here is a of the Messianic coiie. And, for tout matter, it is all Christ. “Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, ho expounded unto them in all ‘he Script'tires the things concerning himself.” Read here as everywhere the prophecy of the cross. POINTS IN THE LESSON. We shall think well of Abel if for no other reast n, for the reputation he • had with Christ: his divine credentials t —“righteous Abel " O to bo held in such an estimation on high. The world did not think well of him. > No, it could not. The carnal mind is enmity against Ged. Here, in turn, is Heaven’s estimate of t ain: “Who was of that wicked one." And God knew. Right over against each other stand two altars -one of the w< rid, the other ; of God. On ond or the other all men are sacrificing, for all men are instinctively religious. One is complacent, self satisfied, thank-offering, benefaction. without reference to ill-desert. The other is confessional, penitent, sin-atoning. Between these two there i- a great gulf. These are not at p ace, neither ndeed cun they Is-. Worldly sacrifice fee’s itself continually r bulged by the altar that -j eak- o: guilt and of bleed atonement. Presently the blow will Ibe delivered. Indeed that cudgel in Cain's hand was not aimed so much at Ab.-l a- Al el's altar; yea. fearful 1 thought, at Alsd's God. HINTS AND ILLI STKATIoNS. Hebrews 12:24 tel • of the -peaking blood of Abel. Does it speak to you today? If so, what d<s— it -ay? The blood of rigbteo s Aisai -till erteth out | from the ground. It utters itself in | .briar and thorn, an! also in bIuMCHD i and flow, ran I fruit. God writing on the earth alike his n orcy and judg- | ment. j «A» no son f Modi wo reap In tbo tide of romliu’ year*. : Whether It I<> Joy < r sorrow, weal or noe. i Then this word In » -mi keep while the days are going by. i Wo shall gather in the harvest what "t R»W. *’ b Hear the voice, the far voice of Abel l»jw»eking: re onfon ed by that thunder $ <>f Sinai, th*’ anther of Hebrews goes i|vn to utter thG - doum warning: “For kif they c-ca; e i not who refu-oj him ■ hat spake on earth, much more shall Inot we vs ;q>e. If we ttrn away from r him that sp-nketh fn tn L. nvcn,” In I th" recent l< »- n from Revelation John jsa.sthn! whicin the spuh on the I Lbrd’s day i" h-n d behind him “a I great vole.- a of a ’r i. |s '.“ <> that 1 men might In ar it « n ■ of these Lord's days, the trumpet v i -of God sp- ak- , | Ing, it may be. through man. Noire- ' a great voice to u uke en 'stop and Cain prevailed. Cain failed. IHs l 0*0; throw of his brother was hi- own I worst discomfit uv. r-atau s victories I are his own defeats, in Luk" 2": 23 it i -ays the voices of th" chief priest# j “prevailed." And right there at the' l ero-s by prevailing they w. re vans quished. v.’re -m abounded grace I did miii'h more abound. We need more of the Abel plrit; ! more indeed of the spi-it of Christ, j who, as Peter says 1 Peter 2: 23 “did no -in, neither wa- guile so md In his i in uth, who, when lie was reviled, reI vlied not again, when he suffered he I threatened not; but committed himself 1 to him that iu ige’h right- - sly.” Said I Alexander to his fair.-ring generals, : i dismayed a’ the hosts confronting I them, ‘How many do yon count me for?" It is a lesson the man of God may as i well learn at the outo t. His life is ! not hi- own, and in a wiathful world it may be forfeited, and it may bo that his blood alone shall I e the seed tho church. In fact the bl oJ, the life of the true spiritual church, is ahvaysbeing offen d up upon tho altar, and so i the truth makes progress. There are two divine spirits in this world. The counsel of tho ung< dly, yhich means dec‘nt self-righteousness f hut Unitarian preacher at tne North x ho says lie hasn’t many '‘miserable s liners” in his congregation, is just row appealing for a prayer-b.ok accVptulwe t > ordinary self-respecting **cn>. rnlthe humble-mindedness that finds sole acceptance to the blood of (Jurist. Brother, if, led by God's Spirit, jvm choose the latter, y< u n ay as well expect to stand alone. And not yet alone. If God be for us who can be against us! “My buckler,” says David, “is of God” Margin Ps. 7: 10). God himself is our reward. “And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” The miner's face may bo smutty, but his eye, washed by the tear-font, always glistens clear and clean. There is a fountain opened for sin and cleanness. Trust tho blood. Next Lesson —“G< d's Covenant with Noah.” Gem 0:8-17. _ The Greatest Things. ' The finest collet ticnof antiquities in । tho world is in the British Museum. The largest boll in tho world is in i the Kremlin at Moscow, 432,000 pounds. The tallest stone tower is tho Washington Monument at Washington, 555 feet. The longest tunnel is that under the Kt. Gothard Pass. It is nine and a half miles. The greatest inland sea is the Caspian, which is 700 miles long by 270 in widtt

DEATH SIGNS. [ Some Tests for Prov ■; That Life Ha* Gone Out of the ftody. It has always been tin aim of med. leal science to prove with absolute certainty the existence of death, and now that cremation is gaining large numbers of advocates medical researches and experiments In that direction are more important than ever. 1 lie Lancet published recently an account of experiments made by Edward Haward, who in some cases apnlied not less than ten different tests. Among these eight denoted ' that death had actually set in, while ! two spoke against the supposition ' that life was extinct. Among the positive evidences ad- J duced by the tests applied by Haward were total absence of heart throbs, | total absence of respiration, uni- ; formity of temperature of the body ' and the surrounding atmosphere, I non-contraction of the muscles and the muscle groups under the electric I current, appearance of brown spots ' after subcutaneous injection "t am- !

monia, rigidity, etc. The negative 1 j results obtained by Haward were the ' tluij condition of the blood upon l j opening an artery, but as in abnor- । mal cases the blood does not congeal । after death sets in, this test can- i not be regarded as a reliable one. ' 1 Os greater Importance was the ab- ' sence of another .-ign to which many ■ attach much significance, which is that when the fingers of a corpse are held against an intense stream of light and one looks through the pace between two fingers pressed together a red line will be noticed in ' life, which is not the case in death. ; In the case described by Haward. ; however, this line was still visible, i although death was incontestable, ' decomposition having begun. In another case this line was absent while the lady was yet alive. Ha- ' ward's experiments demonstrated ; that the condition of the blood and ' the absence of the red line are not always reliable death signs. While : congealed blood always denotes the existence of death, fluid blood does not always indicate that life is not : yet extinct—St Louis Bost-Dis-patch. Obstinncy of Human Nature. | It was a hot day—a regular record breaker when ice was worth its we ght in gold and palmleaf fans ’ were at a premium, says the New 1 York Herald. As the mercury in the thermometer ' ( readied it- highest notch, and weary । men looked about to see if a stray thu dor shower was bound thdrway. ; a p* rtlv individual entered the hall- : wav of one of the great two ve-stor) (dice buildings. He was stout and hot, his collar 1 willed, tils face crimson, and as he ' fanned hitn-cif with Ids hat locked angry enough to storm a beehive. ‘ Ho glanced at the directory in the' hallway and muttered “Eleventh I floor. ’’ j As he turned away a large sign met hts eye: “'f ake the elevator in the ' rear of the hall.” He ga-ed at it a moment as a bull ■ regards a led parasol. His eyes : fin-hed and his hue deepened. Then j he spoke: “Take the elevator, eh? Whosais so" Who owns me? >OlllO people , think they can i o-- the world. Don t । have to take the elevator it I don’t want to. (lue s | can walk.” And he did. He turned about and climl ed eleven flights of steep stairs ' out of sheer obstinacy, simply be-eau-e an easier way was suggested to ' hint A Simple Photometer. A photometer of tlio utmost simplicity ha- been dev sed by Dr. St- ; monotT for (L tei mining how well t lighted aro an may De. and for incidentally serving a- a test, of vision. The twenty-four pages of a book are colored in graduated tints, the first' being a cl ar gray and the last nearly । l lack. ( m every । age a few phrases are printed in black I dlers of differ- ; ent -ize. The amount of light is estimated by persuing the contents of j each page o', tHe book until a selec- . ted line of lette - can no longer be read at a distance of about a foot 1 from the eves. In a well-lighted , apartment tlic characters should be ' cb arly made out to LHe twentieth or oven the twenty-fourth page, but with poorer light the ditEculty of de- ' ciphering the print may commence at ithe r /tenth, twelfth, or even' fifteenth page. In order that this; test may be more reliable, the power । I of the vision of the person making it should first be compared wiWi that ' I of a second person, and for that pur- I : pose the book itself furnishes all the ; essentials. Charitable Criticism. A story is told of the famous pianj Ist Paderewski, that by some means a mother and daughter managed to '■ gain admission to his sanctum. Paderewski listened to the daugh- . ter’s performance, while the mother 1 beat time approvingly. At last with a final cra-h the girl arose from the stool, and the mother, bushed with ' pleasure, whispered to the ar* Ist, — I “Tell me, in confidence—what do ' you think of her?” ' I Amiably the great artist rubbed his hands together. “1 think she must be very charitable.” j “Charitable! Charitable!” I “Yes, charitable,” Paderewski ' sweetly repeated. “Surely she lets not her left hand know what her right hand doth.” You can keep burglars out of your ■ house by leaving the valuables out i at night on the front doorstep—that lis if you have any valuables. You ’ may be engaged in journalism. Strikes seem to be the order of the ' day. There is such a thing as striking so hard as to break both rhe anvil and the hammer.

AROUND A BIG STATE. BRIEF COMPILATION OF INDU ANA NEWS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing—Matters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes—Personal Pointers About Indianians. A Converse Enoch Arden. A case which in many respects re* sembles that of Enoch Arden developed .at Converse. A day or so ago Mrs. 1 Noah Long, who with her children ; moved to Converse, a year or more I ago, received a letter from her husband’s sister, staging that Mr. Long, । who mysteriously disappeared while he and his family were living in Car- | roll County, four years since, was alive t and well in Arizona. Loner married . his wife, who was a Miss Retta Eltz- | roth, in 1883, in Carro 1 Comity, and they lived together happily, three । ehildren being born to them, un--1 til February, 1890. Then Long took two horses to Frankfort. Ind., sold

them for s2;>() and disappeared suddenly and completely. His father supposing he had gone AVest made many trips beyond the Mississippi in search ot him, but not a trace ot him was found and last year Mrs. Long, in desnair moved to Converse. Allesring abandonment, she sued tor divorce and got a decree, which, however, in accordance with the Indiana statute forbade her marriage within two years, the husband being a non-resident. Mrs. Long, however, met and became in- . fatuated with a butter-maker named A. R. Anderson and being anxious to wed him, they went to Michigan and were married and now reside in that State. The information just received that Mr. Long is alive, reasonably happy and meditating a visit to bis old home, caused a sensation at Converse where the family is known. Minor State Items. The number of children of school age in Shelby County is 9,077. The Anderson Flint-Glass Bottle AVorks ('ompanv has reorganized with $100,0(M) capital." Timothy O'Connor, Linden farmer, was accidentally shot and killed by his brother while coon hunting.Knox County farmers are beginning to give a good deal of attention to the cultivation of plum trees. The barn belonging to Albert Ribble, southeast ot Muncie, was destroyed by tire and six head of horses burned. It is reported that the driving park at Richmond has changed bands and races will be held there next season. Miss Mai d Ott. daughter of John Ott of South Bend, was ovecome by coal gas. Immediate efforts saved her life. Charles and Harry Hale were perhaps fatally crushed beneath the timbers of a barn that collapsed at Butlerville. The Southern Indiana Press Association nut at Seymour, read several papers, elected officers and decided to hold the midsummer meeting at Madison. John H. Smith, aged 75, the oldest miner in Clay County, was fatally jured by falling slate in a mine near Perth, Mr. Smith is tji^^^^W*"****"* , thirtv-fivo children, all are ; living and residing in the county. Lee Wah Sing, a Chinese laundryi man at Logansport, has received word j from Chicago that the highbinders I there had decreed his death because he had insulted one of them last summer. Lee lias sought police protection. Mrs. Martin Howley, an aged woman. was found in a dying condition in th" back yard of her residence at Fort Wayne, and died shortly after being i taken into the house. It developed . that her son Martin, with Henry Hol- ( land, a boarder, became involved in a ; tight, in which the mother interfered, j The Loy knocked her down and after- | wards struck her a brutal blow in the ; neck and kicked her several times in the abdomen and ba-k. At the postmortem it was found that three ribs had I een loosened by the kicks. Young Howley was arrested, charged with murder, and Holland is also in jail to await further action. j The other evening, as passenger train No. 70 on the Evansville and I Richmond road was nearing Westport, the eastern terminus of the road, ' Engineer Spellman was signaled to stop. He immediately applied the air i brakes, and looking out of the cab s I window, discovered a number of men 1 standing beside the track. Visions of 1 train robbers passed before him, and he released the brake before the train j had come to a standstill and put on a ■ full head of steam. As the train sped by a number of shots were fired after ! it. The story of the attempted hold- ' up has been kept very quiet by the I men and officials, but detectives have I been put to work on the case by the ; company. I Patents have been issued to Indiana 1 inventors as follows: Benton Deari derf of Mooreland, assignor of one-hall Ito J. AA'. Dick of Hagerstown, corn 1 planter: John B. Haberie of Rend, sprinkler: Adam Heim, assignor of seven-sixteenths to G. AA T . Heim of Brownstown, machine for attaching address labels: AVinfield S. Jewell ol Indianapolis, and A. C. Stevens of Des Moines, time and dating stamp: Charles E. Johnson of Mount Jackson, ribbon reversing mechanism for typewriting l machines: Caleb J. Kelly of Terre Haute, piston-rod packing; Joseph Mandel and J, P. Henderson, assignors 1 to National Metallic Pocket-fastener • Company of Logansport, stale-insert-I ing- and clinching machine: A’olney P. | Parks of Fort AA’ayne. pavement: Isaac . Springer and 11. Lviston <>f Indianapolis, assignors to Indianapolis Basket Company, shipping basket: James J. AATod of Fort Wayne, alternating current dynamo: James J. AA ood of Fort Wayne, connection between separately excited dynamos and their exciters. It is said that Edward Martin, who was arrested at Muncie with counterfeiters’ tools found in his house, had succeeded in getting into circulation a large amount of the “queer.” The bankers pronounce it dangerous owing to its perfection. A FATAL accident occurred three miles south of Muncie. William Fusson, aged 19, was assisting his uncle in cutting timber, when a tree fell on the I young man. His head was mashed into j a shapeless mass, and the body could < not be extricated for sometime. The ; tree had been cut down, but lodged in another tree, and unexpectedly fell.